Apparatus for use in connection with the finishing or treating of woven fabrics



P K. WHITEHEAD AND J. ROTHWELL. APPARATUS ron USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE FINISHING 0R TREATING 0F WOVEN FABRICS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31, 1918.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PERCY KAY VTHITEHEAD, OF BURY, AND JAMES ROTI-IWELL, OF 1 13,13S'IWICH, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO BRADFORD DYERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED, OF

BRADFORD, YORK, ENGLAND.

AIPARATUS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH TI-IE FINISHING 0R TREATING OF WOVEN FABRICS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

Application filed October 31, 1918. Serial No. 266,500.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Pnncr KAY WHITE- HEAD and JAMES RorrrwnLL, subjects of the King of Great Britain, and residents, respectively, of Greenbank, Bury, in the county of Lancaster, England, and George street. Prestwich, in the same county, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Use in Connection with the l' inishing or Treating of Woven Fabrics, of which the following description, having reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings, is a specification.

In the treating or finishing of fabrics when one piece has passed through the machine to keep the fabric in continuity another piece has to be stitched or otherwise secured to it to follow in the same direction, thus the machine or apparatus is continued in motion and treats each piece successively. Under certain conditions the finishing end of one piece is stitched or secured to the leading or be inning end of the next piece. However in certain of the processes such stitching is likely to damage the rolls or parts of the apparatus into contact with which the stitched parts of the fabrics are pressed. To obviate this the ends of the fabrics instead of being stitched together are pasted together or otherwise caused to adhere to each other by some adhesive substance as farina starch or the like. Heretofore in carrying out this method of joining the two ends of the pieces together it has had to be done by someone strong enough to lift the whole of the piece from one position to another to enable the ends to be brought upon a steam heated hollow plate and has entailed an expenditure of time and care that adds comparatively to the cost of the treatment of the fabrics. To obviate this somewhat tedious method of pasting or starching the ends of the fabrics together by the production of apparatus that enables a less experienced and weaker person to carry out the process and with less expenditure of time, is the object of the present invention.

' In order that our said invention may be readily understood, we have hereunto appended sheets of drawings illustrative thereof, to which by figures and letters reference is made in the following description.

Figure l is a perspective view of our apparatus as when in use with the two ends of two pieces of fabric shown as mounted thereon ready to be pasted together.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts illustrated by Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional by Fig. 2.

To attain the object of our invention we make use of a hollow plate 2 preferably in the form of the arc of a circle the center a of which is concentric with its pivotal bearings 5. This hollow plate 2 has its upper surface 2 flat while the partbeneath is of semi-cylindrical shape. The supports for said plate 2 consist of an arm 4 which is also hollow and which reaches from the curved plate 2 to have its lower end in the form of trunnions 3 taking into hollow bearings 5 fixed to the floor or otherwise. The hollow bearings 5 are also shaped so that they may have steam supplied through them by the pipe 6. In order to render the trunnions steam tight they are made in the form of a gland or stufling box thus (while being free to oscillate) steam may be made to pass through the pipe 6 along the arm 4 to the curved hollow plate 2 to heat same for the purpose of drying the paste on the ends of the fabrics placed thereon.

To the same bearings 5 is connected another pipe 5" which leads to a steam trap to conduct away any water of condenastion that may flow from the hollow plate 2. To the arm 4 and bearings 3 is secured an arm 8 which extends laterally therefrom to form a pedal so that the user by pressing upon said pedal 8 may move the arm 4 and its plate 2 from its position shown in Fig. 2 into the position shown by Fig. 1. As means for counterbalancing the weight of the arm 4 and plate 2 a spring 9 is secured to the pedal 8 and the fioor or other fixed part as will be understood.

d hen the arm 4 and plate 2 are in their normal positions they rest upon a support 10 at the rear of the apparatus said support 10 having upon its upper surface a block of wood 10 to act as a cushion for the arm 4.

The arm 4 and the lower surface of the plate 2 may be protected by appropriate material or substances being made to cover same so as to prevent radiation of heat and plan of parts shown .the end of the fabric already "pasted upon Y which he has last pasted together and throw' end wall 12 of such vehicle the operativemay then move the plateQ forward into the position shown by Fig. l by placing his foot upon the pedal 8. He then takes the end 14: of the uppermost piece of cloth or fabric a and applies paste or adhesive substance to its upper surface whilefit rests upon the plate 2, the .camber of which tends to stretch said fabric and keep it straight. He then takes the end of'the next or lower piece of fabric as at 15 and brings it from beneath the plate 2 so that it will'rest upon the plate 2. On which he again applies pasteto the upper surface and by the porous nature of the fabric said paste percolates through the two fabrics during the pasting operation while by the plate 2 being steam heated the paste is sufliciently dried to cause the two fabrics to adhere together before being removed'from the plate 2. He then withdraws the plate 2 by letting it descend into the position shown by Fig. 2'so that he may then take the ends of the two fabrics them over the end 12 of the vehicle 16 to lay barethe ends of the succeeding pieces 17 of fabric that have to be treated. I

We have herein described our apparatus as being heated by steam which we preferably make use of since such apparatus is most frequently situated in works where steam is most extensively used as the heat applying medium; but instead of such steam we may have the hollow plate 2heated by lighted jets of gas applied thereto under well known conditions.

In the employment of our heated plate when pasting together narrow fabrics it may not be necessary to have said plate movable, however by being free or being .mounted in such position that the end of one fabric may be placed thereon from above while the end of another fabric may be also brought from beneath to be placed thereon in order to permit the pasting together of said ends of fabrics to be carried out and after which the parts of such fabric which encircle or surround the plate may be removed endwise therefrom, thus although not bending itself so readily to the carrying out of the pasting process, yet its fixed position may be of advantage for certain purposes, while its cost of production will be greatly minimized.

Such being the nature and object of our said invention, what we claim is a 1. In apparatus for use in the pasting together ofthe ends of fabrics, a hollow plate, means for supporting said hollow plate so that it will extend horizontally therefrom to have its extending end free and means for heating the upper surface of said plate.

' 2. In apparatus for use in the pasting together of the ends of fabrics, a hollow plate, supports for said hollow plate which leave its extending end free, a steam pipe for conducting steam to said plate, and a tube for permitting condensed moisture to escape therefrom.

3. In apparatus for use in the pasting to gether of the ends of fabrics, a curved hollow plate, a hollow arm upon which said plate is fixed, bearings for said hollow arm which permit it to oscillate, and pedal mechanism for operating said arm and plate.

4. In apparatus for use in the pasting together of the ends of fabrics, a curved hollow plate, a pivoted arm for supporting said plate, pipe connections for conducting steam to said hollow plate to heat same, means for operating said hollow plate and spring devices to facilitate said operations.

5. In apparatus for use in the pasting together of the ends of fabrics, a curvedhollow plate, a pivoted arm for supporting said plate, means for heating said plate, means for operating said plate and a buffer for an resting its movements and returning it in position.

PERCY KAY WHITEHEAD. JAMES ROTHWELL. 

